The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:47:54 at Osaka 2026 put YOUCHEN ZHENG 881st of 1,119 men in the Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 41% of the field beaten on the stations, against 14% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sled pull, 1:14 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 3:12 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Osaka gave the field time back: about 1:20 faster than the average race this season, by 777 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:36Running 1 3:19v median +0:23
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Block 02 9:13Running 2 6:14v median +0:56
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Block 03 13:26Running 3 6:48v median +1:02
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Block 04 12:53Running 4 6:48v median +1:06
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Block 05 13:18Running 5 7:48v median +1:46
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Block 06 11:41Running 6 8:40v median +2:51
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Block 07 14:59Running 7 8:20v median +2:33
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Block 08 11:49Running 8 5:37v median +0:44
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 12:09
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1089
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,089 men who finished.